Pigeon-Talk  

Go Back   Pigeon-Talk > Pigeon Crisis - Emergency! > I found a pigeon or dove - now what?

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 17th June 2009, 04:52 PM
koolestpaisley
Feral Pigeon
 
Posts: n/a

injured mourning dove


i have this bird. i helped him (or her) from some mean Magpie birds by my house. they were pecking him bad. he only hasone wound that is visible that is just barly under him right wing in the corner. he seems to be fine other than that spot, but what can i do for it?
~~ Paisley
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 17th June 2009, 05:33 PM
Charis's Avatar
Charis Charis is offline
Matriarch
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 9,826
Wash the wound with a sterile wash from the drug store and then put some Neosporin cream on the wound.
Keep the bird warm and quite and give him some food.
it sounds like it could be a young bird and may not know how to eat on it's own. If that's the case, you will need to hand feed the bird until it learns.
The other option would be to take the bird to a licensed rehabber.
Where are you located in the event we can direct you to one?
If you post a picture, we can tell you more about the wound and the bird's age.
__________________
Charis




If all the beasts were
gone, men would die
from great loneliness of
spirit, for whatever
happens to the beasts
also happens to the man.
Seattle 1736-1866



Another Life, Gone To The Birds!

DO NO HARM

Member, International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Sitemap:1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
All times are GMT -7. The time now is 05:30 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.0
Copyright ©2000 - 2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
(c) 2000-2004 Pigeon-Life.net